Power plant · England, United Kingdom
Lochluichart East, Ardachy - Battery Energy Storage Facility
Lochluichart East, Ardachy - Battery Energy Storage Facility is a planned power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 36 MW of capacity, operated by Infinergy.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 700m E/O Ardachy, Lochluichart, Garve, IV23 2PZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Aug 2025 (reference 25/03004/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinergy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 36 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.6280, -4.7977 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Lochluichart East, Ardachy - Battery Energy Storage Facility is the 929th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,469th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 36 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 929th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,469th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,716th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 53 grid connections (34 operating, 407 MW) and 51 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grudie Bridge 49.4MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 53.2 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Grudie Bridge GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Lochluichart Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Achanalt Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 2.95 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Loch Glascarnoch Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Garbat Forest Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.5 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.